This rare Oldhammer miniature has been sitting on my paint station for about 6 months occasionally getting a lick of paint here and there, I have never been pleased with it's progress and found it a difficult miniature to paint due to the lack flat surfaces, I mean everything is uneven with roughly sculpted grooves, rises, knobs, holes, all sorts, it's just a massive lump of porous lead but I kept going and here are the results.
My first post features Slocombe's Warbot's was 'Sam' Type Light Wardroid which can be enjoyed here.
I started off by spraying him in Citadel Mechanicus Grey which was a disaster as it was a hot day and the paint was drying before it hit miniature leaving a powdery coating that had to be sanded off but helped weather it a bit, some highlight, decals/fix, mig weathering powders, and finishing with some stipple and detail. Post varnishing I added Citadel 'Ardcoat to all the light sources which works well for me.
Many of my twitter followers have pointed out his likeness to the original Battletech mech 'Archer' and I have speculated on this in my first post.
All 3 of Slocombes Warbot's have an obvious Battletech influence:
- 'Deathblow' Class Heavy Droid - Archer
- 'Sam' Type Light Wardroid - Vindicator
- MKII 'Sprinter' Assault Droid - Catapult
Deathblow - front |
Deathblow - side |
Deathblow - back |
Deathblow - side |
Deathblow squishing Space Orks - Warhammer 40,000 Rogue Trader Rulebook Page 118 |
Deathblow miniature featured on page 12 of the Rogue Trader rulebook |
A couple of WIP (Work in Progress) photos that I posted on my twitter feed get following for all sorts of #Oldhammer tweets.
Deathblow - Line work |
Deathblow - decals/transfers added |
I am half way through the last one ‘Mk II Sprinter Assault Droid' but it's being going slow due to numerous disasters and I have since pinned him back together since but I am not too sure about the new pose so I may disassemble and start again.
‘Mk II Sprinter Assault Droid - disaster |
Hope you enjoyed this post another draft complete another one coming soon
J